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Originally Posted by syr74
The lack of a V8 this go 'round wasn't really something which GM was in any position to choose. To be blunt GM just didn't have the resources to develop a proper, rwd competitor to the X5/GX/ML even if they wanted to. That reality left GM with just one option, use an existing platform none of which can accommodate a V8. The truth is that we'll likely never know whether the second generation SRX is actually the vehicle GM wanted to build, and it could well be exactly that since this is a large and lucrative segment. That said, even if the new ute isn't the SRX they really wanted to build, it was well and truly the SRX that they could afford to build.
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But that argument holds absolutely no water since...as U pointed out about an "existing platform..." the same platform that the old SRX used is still being used under the CTS. Even more to the point: The Sigma platform is completely depreciated and would have required none of the money it took for GM to engineer the Epis-Thet Platform which was not in existence before. I propose that the cheaper route would have been to keep it on Sigma.. which no one bought.. and looking at other RWD/AWD vehicles in the segment.. no one buys:(
I think GM looked at RWD/AWD Sigma SRX sales... then looked at Infinti FX, X5, and BenzML sales... then looked at RX and MDX sales.. and said
"shit... FWD/AWD buyers are where it's at."
I just think that they decided that having a Premium CUV that could actually handle would retain the miniscule amount of 1st gen SRX buyers.. along with adding some new ones as well.
